fraudulence

/ˈfrɔdʒələns/

Fraudulence is the action or quality of cheating, lying, or deceiving someone. The fraudulence of an election might trigger a recount, or even an entirely new election.

Fraudulence is telling lies or hoaxing people in some way. One example of fraudulence might be pretending to be a police officer, and another is claiming to have the ability to communicate with people who have died, especially if you're taking money from relatives who hope to send them messages. Fraudulence comes from the Latin fraudulentia, from fraus, "cheating or deceit."

Definitions of fraudulence

1. noun

   the quality of being fraudulent
   synonyms: deceit

   type of:

   dishonesty

   the quality of being dishonest
2. noun

   something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
   synonyms: dupery, fraud, hoax, humbug, put-on

   types:

   goldbrick

   anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

   type of:

   chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile

   the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
3. noun

   a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
   synonyms: duplicity

   type of:

   deceit, deception, misrepresentation

   a misleading falsehood